Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 21, 2015

One of the best ways for increase in business development is to create a more responsive web design. There are many aspects that go into a responsive web design that meets your client’s’ needs. One feature of the modern web is that users are accessing web pages on a variety of platforms. Making it Faster.

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Web Design Web Design Develop 40

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 20, 2013

Pixicle, a photo sharing device that makes it easy for users to view photos with their friends and family on the big screen instead of the frustrating smartphone screen passed around the room has raised $10K of its $38K Indiegogo goal to make photo viewing less strenuous. TechZulu caught up with CEO Norman Lai. How does it work?

Screening 86

Screening Startup Platform Software Development 86

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

Time sure flies when you’re having fun, or building a startup. Those who are more involved in traditional entertainment are seeing a major shift online which is why an additional one-day seminar was created to coincide with Silicon Beach Fest Hollywood as a partnership called, Idea to Screen.

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Hollywood Screening Ideas Entertainment 100

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2010

We want to give our brightest new startups the connections and interactions they need to help streamline success. Lee Essner is formerly a senior exec from WeddingChannel and has much experience in running a successful web property. On average the platform is generating 30+% increase in conversions and 15% decrease in cost per lead.

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Company Companies Startup Southern California 276

socalTECH

JULY 25, 2012

Edward Park: My background is screen printing and production. My previous company did production runs for small clothing lines, promos, and trade show giveaways, and one of the things we realized it's such a volume industry, and the technology of screen printing has been around for 10,000 years, developed by the Egyptians and the Chinese.

Startup 174

Startup Commerce Web 2.0 Screening 174

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 29, 2012

The Spiridellis brother-founder team behind the popular JibJab eCard line featuring personalization Starring You®, (think Elf Yourself )—have grown up and now have children of their own. Sometimes in the startup technology world, success is truly dependent on perfect timing. Back when video was a tiny patch on the screen.

Screening 88

Screening eBook Content Ideas 88

socalTECH

JANUARY 3, 2014

One new, Los Angeles startup-- Laudville (www.laudville.com)--recently launched its service to try to tackle that huge task, of bringing your content together. Phoebe Scott: I started Laudville, because I consume a lot of entertainment of all kinds. So, I started working on it. What is Laudville? What is Laudville?

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Entertainment Startup Southern California Netflix 206

socalTECH

DECEMBER 28, 2012

Aber Whitcomb is a partner at startup co-working and incubation community io/LA , CTO of SGN , and former co-founder and CTO of MySpace. We've also invented and patented a new technology called "MasterKey" that allows people to play our games natively on all relevant social and mobile platforms. Don't bet on any one platform.

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Technical Review Southern California Incubator High Tech 223

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

Hamilton Chan is founder of Los Angeles-based PaperLinks (www.paperlinks.com), a new startup which is developing mobile applications which take advantage of QR codes--the 3D barcodes which are cropping up everywhere--to help users marketers go beyond just linking those codes to web pages, but also to power social applications.

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Startup Tips Web Platform 233

socalTECH

JANUARY 20, 2011

In recent years, one of the more common ways to share information, conduct training, or pitch your company to other has been through online, web-based webinar and conferencing. Costin Tuculescu: Freebinar.com is a completely free alternative for web conferencing and webinar users. It's not a freemium model.

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Tech Coast Angels Web Screening Pasadena Angels 178

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

Another topic we debated early in the program was “lean startup” vs. “ fat startup ” where we both took the obvious hedge and said “it depends.” But truthfully both Dana and I are more aligned with the lean startup principles and believe you only go FAT when you’ve really proved out your product / market fit. Time will tell.

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Venture Capital Startup Platform Technical Review 240

socalTECH

JANUARY 4, 2013

Just before the holidays, we caught up with Blair Harrison , founder of Frequency (www.frequency.com), a personal video service which lets consumers watch video from the Internet on any of their devices. We caught up with Blair to learn more about his new startup, and why he thinks we need Frequency. What is Frequency?

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Social Network Startup Services Organization 232

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

One of the great joys of doing the web series This Week in VC every week is that I get to spend time with great people debating the issues of our day including how our industry is evolving as well as insights into how companies got started, got their initial traction and dealt with adversities. We then spoke about startups.

Startup 286

Startup Venture Capital Web Ideas 286

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

The irony: a sad state that even with the huge number of social network applications we have at our disposal, we’re oftentimes lost, unable to keep up, or still lose touch so easily. Last fall, Mingly released their first product last fall to help users manage their endless webs of connections. See Reminder screenshot].

Web 74

Web Social Network Email Networking 74

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 29, 2012

The Spiridellis brother-founder team behind the popular JibJab eCard line featuring personalization Starring You®, (think Elf Yourself )—have grown up and now have children of their own. Sometimes in the startup technology world, success is truly dependent on perfect timing. Back when video was a tiny patch on the screen.

Screening 65

Screening eBook Content Ideas 65

Tech.Co

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

The idea of video on demand has been around since as early as 1990 when GTE partnered up with AT&T to create the first VOD system. VOD pretty much started out as cable TV and then morphed into hundreds of millions of people globally streaming their favorite movies and shows onto handheld devices. For example, Warner Bros.

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Hollywood Demand Marketing Netflix 91

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

I have started thinking about what the future might look like and I’ve started imagining what I call, “MMOV” or massive multiplayer online video. The problem with the “long tail” content is that only the platform provider (ie YouTube) makes money. Why would it? think Apple. Harlem Shake.

Startup 380

Startup Media Content Platform 380

socalTECH

AUGUST 20, 2010

For this morning's interview, we thought we'd talk with Los Angeles-based Sidebar (www.sidebar.com), a venture backed startup in the mobile space, to learn more about what they are up to. We caught up with CEO Patrick Kennedy. When I joined the company, I found an amazing technology platform and analytics capability.

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Content Screening Mobile Customer 189

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2010

Burstly, a Santa Monica based company, provides an open and free ad management platform that helps mobile application developers better monetize their inventory. So when I started talking with Evan Rifkin almost a year ago about the company he was planning to build, I was intrigued. I’ll explain in detail below. I like that.

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Mobile Invest Company Companies 282

socalTECH

DECEMBER 17, 2012

Entangled Media , one of the startups out of the current class at MuckerLab , has developed Younity (www.getyounity.com), a service which hopes to do just that--make your files available from anywhere. We caught up with Erik Caso , the firm's CEO, to learn what the startup is trying to do. Describe what Younity is all about?

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Screening Resource Services Mobile 230

socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2019

How do you create a tool to help address unconscious bias in the workplaceand why would you create a new startup in that area? We caught up with Michele and Dan to better understand why they founded the company, and why this market was such an interest to them. Once we decided to do this, we started looking for a Dan.

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Content Training Education Outsource Development 150

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 18, 2013

A traffic jam of expensive cars lined up to pull into the packed parking lot of MuckerLab for its second graduating class demo day. Okuno has been investing in Los Angeles startups for the past three years after selling his own company E-Z Data. Okuno said, “I have invested in over 40 startups almost always in the six-figure range.”

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Class Startup Tech Coast Angels CTO Coach 100

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 30, 2012

For those who still might be wondering what Spotlight: LA Tech is all about, It’s a screening room for new technology homegrown in our region. All it takes is an email address to start receiving our exclusive deals for sports tickets to your favorite teams in your city. Mobile Web America, Inc. SuperDemo: Bill Gross.

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CalTech Company Companies Idealab 91

InfoChachkie

AUGUST 20, 2012

No matter how rapidly a startup is growing, it can never afford to sacrifice employee quality as a means of achieving its hiring goals. A hiring mistake early in a startup’s life can be expensive, especially when opportunity costs are considered. might be the fastest way to get a job board up and running on your website.

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SaaS Tool Startup Screening 209

socalTECH

JUNE 18, 2012

We have a very visual marketplace, that for the mobile and web, lets people show their closets, garages, homes, and stores. We do the same thing on the web, making selling really easy. Rob Kramer: My partner and I had been developing apps and platforms for year, and had been Craiglist and eBay users, but only reluctantly.

Mobile 157

Mobile Los Angeles Web Southern California 157

InfoChachkie

AUGUST 7, 2013

Friend, uber-popular startup blogger and investor extraordinaire Mark Suster took no prisoners in his opening remarks. To this end, he and his brother Hank recently launched Subbable , a platform by which content creators can directly marshal their fan''s financial support. Next up was Nick Tran, Taco Bell''s "Social Media Lead."

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Course Advertising Social Media Content 190

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 5, 2015

To help you get the most out of your Hues, I tested 20 of the most popular, highly rated iOS apps to come up with a top 5 list of must-have apps for using your Hue light bulbs (iOS is the dominant platform for Hue control, and all these below work on both iPads and iPhones): 1. First off, practicalities. Huemote (free). Ambify ($3.99).

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Screening Slides Startup Press 40

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 22, 2013

Solaborate is a blend of great social network platforms, by taking in all the greatest bits and putting it all into one. Solaborate is bringing professionals and companies from the tech industry together and connect them through a new social media platform. There are multiple platforms used to get the job done.

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Social Media Social Network Tool Mobile 92

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 23, 2010

Here’s my experience, my “ah ha&# moment and why I think, although still nascent, it’s one of the most powerful websites on the web right now. And to give credit where it’s due (in addition to the content that Fred producers) a lot of the discussion works well because of the Disqus commenting platform.

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Blogging SEO Startup Writing 301

socalTECH

OCTOBER 30, 2008

Scripped (www.scripped.com) is applying the world of Web 2.0 Sunil Rajaraman: We provide free, web-based screenwriting software to aspiring writers and professionals in the community. One is that any producer of a short video on the web, or any producer of any content, can use out to find their desired content. What's Scripped?

Content 138

Content Writing Software Review Hollywood 138

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 23, 2013

The video is premised by a simple statement “Where images and ads hook up.” We’re no strangers to GumGum ( we’ve covered their company before ) and they’re a huge part of Silicon Beach’s roster of startup highlights. So where does Ophir see GumGum as web browsing moves towards mobile?

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Technical Review Advertising Google Screening 76

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 20, 2011

For those who still might be wondering what Spotlight: LA Tech is all about, It’s a screening room for new technology homegrown in our region. Earbits is an online radio platform where artists, labels and concert promoters bid for airtime on a per-song-played basis, and use the exposure to sell their music, event tickets and more.

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UCLA Company Companies Idealab 102

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 23, 2013

Join us for an evening of demonstrations from vetted technology startups, followed by an inspiring keynote from Two Bit Circus Co-Founder, Brent Bushnell. Cookbook Cafe is the new DIY publishing platform from L.A.-based to create, market and sell an interactive cookbook as both an iPad App and web-based book. digmybrand.

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UCLA Santa Monica Mobile Web 97

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 20, 2012

TechZulu caught up with the founders and this is what they said. His career started in the SQL Server team, focusing on query languages and query optimization. He also architected web-based trading platforms for several investment banks. Yes, we’re powered by a seed round, and funding from Start Engine LA.

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Email CTO Hire Startup Organization 63

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

I had a really fun 20-minute interview with Howard Lindzon of Stock Twits as part of a 5-part series on whether the web is dead. The topic of whether the web is dead was kicked off by Chris Andersen of Wired Magazine in this article. The Internet existed long before the World Wide Web and web browsers were created.

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Web HTML SMTP Google 300

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 9, 2009

Today the Traveling Geeks saw presentations from 11 interesting startups at French incubator, the Paris Development Agency. Stribe offers a plug and play service for instantly creating a social network on any Web site. The site offers up a hybrid mix of traditional journalists, industry experts and User Generated Content.

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Incubator Develop Development Social Network 40

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 8, 2011

For those who still might be wondering what Spotlight: LA Tech is all about, It’s a screening room for new technology homegrown in our region. LawPivot is a legal Q&A website enabling companies, especially startups, to confidentially receive crowdsourced legal answers from highly qualified lawyers for a fraction of the cost.

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CalTech Technical Review Company Companies 100